Pleurotus
noun
Pleu·ro·tus
plu̇ˈrōtəs
: a genus of white-spored agarics having the pileus laterally sessile or with an eccentric stipe see olive tree agaric , oyster mushroom
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from pleur- + Greek ōt-, ous ear; from the shape of some members of the genus